a kind of pale jewel, open and closed

We're on Day...68? No, 72, I think? Of the Unending Headache. It's a huge spiky ball of no fun, and it's interfering in all the things, including blogging. But that's not why I'm here, I'm here--actually at Abnormality, because their build for this event was very cool--to show off the new Celestial Greatsword from /Vae Victis\, the "Impera".



http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eldritch/66/165/1015 Straight out of the box and it's already too long to fit in a close shot. But hey, while we're here, look at the ornamentation!



That's the full sword, before resizing and shading. I usually don't do diagonal shots, but I wanted the full thing, tip to hilt.



It has a nice over-the-shoulder pose you can click on an included HUD (and in this shot, the sword's all in sanguine red save for the energy core, which is more reminiscent of lava).

(Also, to get it to this size, I reduced it by 60, and it's STILL this big!)



This shot is just a section of the blade, with all the options in dark cyan, and the energy core in shade 15 from that menu.



And this is another close-up, of the eye detail, which I adore, and this time the sword's in all the rich blues, save for the exposed core, which is screamingly cerise.



The included pose HUD has six options--a gendered (F) upright, a gendered (M) upright, one straight up, one over the shoulder, and one with the tip down. And the Impera tinting HUD includes eleven metal options, twenty-three different glowing core options, and as you may have figured out, even though I'm mostly showing active energy cores--three different ways to deal with the 'blade' part of the blade (those being solid metal throughout, exposed core, which is my favorite look of the three, and pure energy--no metal at all).

It's not combat scripted, but it is fully modifiable. So potentially, one could make it combat scripted.

You can find this lovely sword at /Vae Victis\' Abnormality booth, retailing for L$500.

Gentlethems, start your celestials--this is your sword! You have until the 28th of November to get it.